Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Imbala in Mozambique is the name of a plant defined with Momordica balsamina in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Momordica involucrata E. Mey. ex Sond. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1966)
· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder (1888)
· Bothalia (1962)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1989)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Imbala, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

imbalā (इंबला) [or इमला, imalā].—m ( A) An edifice or building gen.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

imbalā (इंबला).—m A building, an edifice.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Iṃbaḷa (ಇಂಬಳ):—[noun] a flattened, annelid worm, Hirudo medicinalis, living in water or wet earth having a well-developed sucker at each end, which, in former times, used in medicine to bleed patients; leech.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Imbala mbosi.

Ends with: Bimbala, Gimbala, Himbala, Kimbala, Kuduresimbala, Nimbala, Shimbala.

Full-text: Imbalu, Imbala mbosi.

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